One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times faster than a second pipe. When both pipes are opened, they fill the pool in five hours. How long would it take to fill the pool if only the slower pipe is used?
Suppose one painter can paint the entire house in twelve hours, and the second painter takes eight hours. How long would it take the two painters together to paint the house?
Key Maths Idea - Equivalent Factions
Michael bought 2 liters of milk. He drank 3/8 of a liter of it and gave 2/3 of a liter to his brother. How much milk did Michael have left?
Thirty students in Mr. Joyce's room are working on projects. The first day he gave them of an hour to work. On the second day, he gave them half as much time as the first day. How much time did the students have altogether to work on their projects?
Key maths Idea Common multiples
Lisa is making activity baskets to donate to charity. She has 12 coloring books, 28 markers, and 36 crayons. What is the greatest number of baskets she can make if each type of toy is equally distributed among the baskets? How many of each supply will go into the baskets?
The Math Counts Club had a party at school. There were 20 cookies and 40 slices of pizza to be shared equally. Each student had the same number of whole cookies and the same number of slices of pizza with nothing left over. How many students could have been at the party? (There is more than one answer. List as many as you can.) LCM and GCF (greatest common factor) word problems:
- One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times faster than a second pipe. When both pipes are opened, they fill the pool in five hours. How long would it take to fill the pool if only the slower pipe is used?
Suppose one painter can paint the entire house in twelve hours, and the second painter takes eight hours. How long would it take the two painters together to paint the house?Key Maths Idea - Equivalent Factions
Michael bought 2 liters of milk. He drank 3/8 of a liter of it and gave 2/3 of a liter to his brother. How much milk did Michael have left?
- Thirty students in Mr. Joyce's room are working on projects. The first day he gave them
of an hour to work. On the second day, he gave them half as much time as the first day. How much time did the students have altogether to work on their projects?
Equivalent fraction word problem example:Key maths Idea Common multiples
Lisa is making activity baskets to donate to charity. She has 12 coloring books, 28 markers, and 36 crayons. What is the greatest number of baskets she can make if each type of toy is equally distributed among the baskets? How many of each supply will go into the baskets?
The Math Counts Club had a party at school. There were 20 cookies and 40 slices of pizza to be shared equally. Each student had the same number of whole cookies and the same number of slices of pizza with nothing left over. How many students could have been at the party? (There is more than one answer. List as many as you can.)
LCM and GCF (greatest common factor) word problems:
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